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Julius Caesar : a tragedy, as it is acted at the Theatre Royal in Drury-Lane by His Majesty's Servants

by: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616; Theobald, Mr. (Lewis), 1688-1744, editor; Du Guernier, Louis, 1677-1716, artist, engraver; Tonson, Jacob, -1735, bookseller

Publication date: 1734

Publisher: London : Printed for J. Tonson, and the rest of the proprietors, and sold by the booksellers of London and Westminster

Collection: bplsctpbs; bplsceep; bostonpubliclibrary; americana

Contributor: Boston Public Library

Language: English

Item Size: 112.4M

One of two similar editions issued by Tonson in 1734. In this edition, the title page vignette is a portrait of Shakespeare. In the other (ESTC no. T54705) it's a bowl of fruit

Also issued as part of Tonson's edition of the Works of Shakespeare, v. 6, 1735

Engraved frontispiece plate lettered: v. 6, p. 283, Lud. Du Guernier inv. et sculp

Signatures: A-C℗£℗ø

Title page vignettes (Shakespeare's head in oval); head pieces; initial

Ford, H.L. Shakespeare 1700-1740

ESTC

Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy quarterbound in brown sheepskin and brown paper. The perforation stamp of the Library is present on the title page